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Letters Patent No. 102,809, dated May 10, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I', GEORG S. GRAF, ofPittsburg, county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have made a newand useful Improvement in Bureaus, or similar furniture; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to anew and useful improvement in bureaus, orsimilar furniture, whereby they can be transformed into a desk, moreconvenient for the writer, reader, or musician, than they have hithertobeen, receiving, thereby, the proper height for use, being anadvantagemcnt over similar arrangements, and

It consists of a wooden tablet, provided. with hinges and braces, andsituated under the top plate of the bureau, or similar furniture.

In order to set forth said combination more fully, I

proceed to describe the drawing.

O -Q Figure 6 is a perspective viewof the tablet, with.

the brace open.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s.

A is a wooden tablet, composed of two parts hinged together, with asuitable hole for an inkstand;

B is a hinge, by means of which the brace is fastened to the tablet.

O is the brace, made of wood or other suitable ma-. terial, and arrangedas found convenient.

To use the desk as a writing-desk, pull out the tablet A from under thetop plate of the bureau, open the brace G and swing it towards themiddle of the tablet'A, and set it on the top of the cross-piece,between the drawers of the bureau.

To use. it as a reading or music-desk, pull out the tablet A asvbefore,open the brace, but without swinging it around, and set the sameasalready described.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentp The combinationof bureaus, or similar furniture,

with the sliding table A A, with the pivoted hinges B and'tbe brace 0,arranged and operating as shown and described."

GEORG S. GRACE.

Witnesses: I

N.RAILER,

CHAS. Humans.

